Tues 9th August 2022, Election Day
I called the Staff Officer (Operations) Anthony Kamito who dismissed the reports as an ordinary robbery.I was among the first senior officers to get to the scene at around 2 p.m. It was my first time to go to Westgate and when I got there, I learned that Inspector-General of Police David Kimaiyo had ordered the Recce Squad into the mall to combat the terrorists. When the name of the dead officer was given, I realised it was my brother-in-law Martin Munene Kithinji.It is intriguing that every day during the Westgate operation I met Mr Kimaiyo, Mrs Kaindi and Mr Ndegwa Muhoro (head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations). I believe they knew I was no longer in service, but they did not tell me. Suppose something bad happened to me then? Would they have said I was another Waiganjo (alleged police imposter)?